October 21, 2011
This image of Luther can be found in Rome in the French Embassy
“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.”
~ Martin Luther
What an encouragement these words are for me since I do a lot of writing for ministry and since I also want to change the world through the Good News of Jesus Christ!
August 2, 2011
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
~ Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)
July 15, 2011
“Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” ~ Matthew 10:29-31
In 1905, the joyful lives of a bedridden woman and her crippled husband inspired a songwriter to pen these words. Ethel Waters popularized this Gospel hymn :
“Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
“’Let not your heart be troubled,’ His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
“Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.”
Listen to the song performed by Ethel Waters.
Read the story behind “His Eye is on the Sparrow.”
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